LOCAL NEWS
Oskaloosa Fire Department gets a good grade
Oct 17, 2018 by Rick Watts
A good grade for Oskaloosa’s Fire Department means lower home insurance rates for you. Oskaloosa Fire Chief Mark Neff told the City Council Monday (10/15) that the Fire Department is now rated as Class 3…
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High speed chase leads to the arrest of a New Sharon man
Oct 16, 2018 by Rick Watts
A man from New Sharon was arrested after leading police on a chase through Oskaloosa Sunday night (10/14). Around 10:40pm, Oskaloosa Police and Mahaska County Sheriff’s Deputies were told of a van that was driving…
Oskaloosa city council meeting tonight
Oct 15, 2018 by Rick Watts
The Oskaloosa City Council will be dealing with traffic tonight (10/15). At 5pm, they will study proposed safety improvements from the city’s 2018 traffic study…and then vote on which improvements to make at their regular…
Ottumwa shooting arrest
Oct 11, 2018 by Rick Watts
Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following. Ottumwa Police have arrested a man in connection with a weekend shooting. 24-year-old Michael James Williams of Ottumwa was arrested Monday afternoon…
Mahaska County board meeting held yesterday
Oct 10, 2018 by Rick Watts
At a special meeting Tuesday, the Mahaska County Board invited Racom of Marshalltown to submit a bid for a new radio communications system for the County. The Board also hired Freeman and Mazzitello as communications…
Oskaloosa board meeting will be this morning
Oct 09, 2018 by Rick Watts
The Mahaska County Board will hold a special session Tuesday morning (10/9) at 11 at the County Courthouse in Oskaloosa. The meeting deals with bids for a new radio communications system for the County, with…
Two people are dead after a fiery crash in southern Iowa Saturday night
Oct 08, 2018 by Rick Watts
Two people died in a crash in Donnellson — about an hour and 20 minutes southeast of Ottumwa, just before midnight on Saturday. The driver of a 2004 Ford Expedition was headed west on Highway 2…
FDA: Iowans among 38 sick from tainted eggs from Alabama
Oct 05, 2018 by Rick Watts
The government says 38 people in seven states have gotten sick from eggs produced by an Alabama poultry farm. The Food and Drug Administration says the illnesses are linked to salmonella-tainted eggs from Gravel Ridge…
Arrest made in bank robberies that happened this summer
Oct 04, 2018 by Rick Watts
Two bank robberies; one suspect. Ethan Nelson-David Spray of Ottumwa has been charged with robbing the South Ottumwa Savings Bank in Hedrick on August 6. Spray is also accused of robbing the Pilot Grove Savings…
Ottumwa student arrested after making threats to shoot another student
Oct 03, 2018 by Rick Watts
A student from Ottumwa is in custody for making a threat at Evans Middle School. Ottumwa Police say they were contacted Monday night about a face-time conversation on Snapchat where an Evans Middle School student…
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